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Paris Olympics are set to take place from July 26 to August 11. For any country, winning a gold medal is the best honor. Here let's take a look at how many India has won so far.
India has a total of 35 Olympic medals. India has won 10 gold medals, 9 silver medals, and 16 bronze medals. 8 out of 10 gold medals were won by Hockey men's teams.
Neeraj Chopra made history when he won India's first gold medal in the track and field event at Tokyo 2020 for the Javelin throw.
Indian Men's hockey team won India's first-ever gold medal in the Olympics 1928, Amsterdam which kick-started its glorious reign of winning from 1920s to 1950s.
During the LA 1932, the world was going through the Great Depression, and only three teams made it to the Games. India's Hockey men's team defeated USA and Japan and won gold.
Over the years India's Men's Hocket team won several gold medals. After 1932 India went on to win gold medals in Hockey from 1936 to 1980.
India made its gold medal debut in the individual category with Abhinav Bindra bagging a gold medal in men's 10m air rifle shooting.